New in the acclaimed series—based on the bestselling book by Mark Bowden, the new movie from acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator), and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl Harbor) starring Josh Hartnett, coming from Revolution Studios and distributed by Columbia Pictures in January 2002. Based on actual events, Black Hawk Down is the heroic account of a group of elite US soldiers sent into Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 as part of a UN peacekeeping operation to quell the civil war and famine ravaging the country. Young Rangers and veteran Delta Force soldiers fight side by side against overwhelming odds. For eighteen harrowing hours, outnumbered and surrounded, tensions flare, friends are lost, alliances are formed and soldiers learn the true nature of war and heroism. The cast also includes: Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, William Fichiner, and Sam Shepard. 20 b/w photos. credits.
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Ken Nolan's first produced screenplay is Black Hawk Down. Steve Zaillian's previous screenplays include Schindler's List and Awakenings.
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent! Like you're watching the movie all over again.,
By April K. (New York City) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Black Hawk Down: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script Series) (Paperback)
It's a great book. Everything is in exact detail as the movie. As I read, I picture the scene in the movie and I feel like I'm watching the movie all over again. It was written word for word, scene by scene. It even includes still photos and a full cast description of each character. It was everything I thought it would be. It was definitely worth the wait since ordering this book before it was even published.
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Great movie, but what sort of example is this for a budding screenwriter?,
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This review is from: Black Hawk Down: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script Series) (Paperback)
If you look at the first excerpt page, T.S. Eliot's last name is misspelled. Hollywood supposedly demands that every spec script be free of misspelled words and bad grammar, yet I've seen shooting scripts with "He could care less" instead of "He couldn't care less" (not dialogue, mind you) and frequent misspellings. Much like the literary agent industry, professionalism is demanded (agent name, book proposal, nice paper, SASE), but often not reciprocated (e.g., they'll send you a photocopied form letter [Dear Author . . .]).
What we need to see are published versions of original speculation scripts. Shane Black's first release of "Lethal Weapon" would be more beneficial a read than these shooting scripts. Sorry, got off on a rant. It's not that these shooting scripts aren't worth reading for new screenwriters, but there's a market out there for actual spec script versions. If your spec has as many SUPERs in it as this shooting script, Hollywood might throw your stuff in the bin . . . unless you're established, of course.
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